Dec 05 Column: How to navigate Medicare options as Trump officials boost private plans By Philip Moeller The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services appears to be accelerating its shift away from original Medicare toward Medicare Advantage programs, writes columnist Philip Moeller. Continue reading
Dec 05 UK accuses Facebook of giving certain companies preferential access to users’ data By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The U.K. Parliament committee says Facebook "whitelisted" or gave preferential access to certain companies, such as Airbnb and Netflix, even after the tech giant announced changes in 2015 to end access to a user's "friends." The allegations are based on… Continue reading
Dec 05 Macron scraps French fuel tax hike amid violent ‘yellow vest’ demonstrations By Sylvie Corbet, Samuel Petrequin, Angela Charlton, Associated Press Protesters celebrated the victory, but some said Macron's surrender came too late and is no longer enough to quell the mounting anger at their president, whom they consider out-of-touch with the problems of ordinary people. Continue reading
Dec 04 George H.W. Bush understood that markets and the environment weren’t enemies By Matthew E. Kahn, The Conversation The late president, who majored in economics at Yale, believed that market-based solutions could protect the environment at lower cost than other strategies. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 8:09 Automation threatens jobs. Can education create new ones? As automation spreads through the American economy, experts say its impacts will be uneven. Key factors in determining that effect include geography and race, but likely even more important is education. With the rapid pace of technological evolution, will job… Continue watching
Dec 04 Stocks plunge amid confusion over U.S.-China trade truce By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press After a series of confusing and conflicting words from President Trump and some senior officials, the Dow Jones shed about 800 points, or 3.1%. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 8:04 In rural Appalachia, can health care become the new coal? By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin, Kira Wakeam Pikeville is a small city of 6,700 nestled in the mountains of eastern Kentucky--a rural area that has struggled to survive the decline of the coal industry. Now, local residents are pinning their futures on health care, which is desperately… Continue watching
Dec 03 Can Trump’s new trade deal keep its promises to U.S. and Mexican auto workers? By Gretchen Frazee The new deal does provide more protections for U.S. workers than NAFTA, but the effect it will have on auto workers is far from certain. Continue reading
Dec 03 U.S., China agreement buys time in trade war By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The agreement between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping bought the two leaders at least 90 days to try to resolve a host of complicated issues. Continue reading
Dec 03 Stocks open higher on U.S.-China trade truce By Alex Veiga, Associated Press The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 400 points in early trading Monday. Continue reading